Israeli forces take over homes, impose curfew on West Bank’s Qabatiya

On Friday, a Palestinian motorist killed a man and a woman in northern Israel by running them over and stabbing them. The assailant, from the West Bank, was shot and wounded by a civilian and taken to a hospital. Israeli authorities called it a "rolling terror attack" and the defense minister ordered the military to respond forcefully in the assailant's West Bank town. The Israeli military is preparing for an operation in the area, a common practice after attacks. Separately, an Israeli reservist is under house arrest for ramming his vehicle into a Palestinian man praying in the West Bank on Thursday; the man was unharmed. The UN reports that over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 7, 2023, while 57 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks during the same period.

A suspected Palestinian attacker killed two people in northern Israel in what police are calling a "rolling terror attack." The attacker first rammed a pedestrian in Beit Shean, killing a 68-year-old man and injuring a 16-year-old boy. He then drove to Ein Harod and stabbed an 18-year-old woman, killing her. The suspect, a 37-year-old man from Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank who had been working illegally in Israel, was later shot and wounded by a civilian near Afula. The IDF is preparing an operation in Qabatiya. The attack occurred a day after an Israeli reservist was fired for ramming a praying Palestinian man with a quad bike in the West Bank.

On December 26, 2025, a Palestinian man from the Israeli-occupied West Bank carried out a deadly stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel, killing two people. The attacker first rammed his vehicle into people in Beit Shean, killing a 68-year-old man, before fatally stabbing a 20-year-old woman near a highway. A teenage boy was also hospitalized with minor wounds. The attacker was shot and wounded by a civilian bystander near Afula and taken to a hospital. The incident occurred a day after an Israeli army reservist rammed his vehicle into a Palestinian man praying on the roadside in the West Bank. The Israeli military stated the attacker had infiltrated into Israeli territory several days prior.

On Friday, an attacker from the Israeli-occupied West Bank killed two people in northern Israel in a car ramming and stabbing attack. The incident occurred in the Galilee region, near Beit Shean, close to the border with Jordan. According to Israeli police, a preliminary investigation indicates the attack was terrorism. A male pedestrian was run over, and a young woman was stabbed nearby, resulting in their deaths. Two others sustained minor injuries. A civilian shot the attacker, who was then hospitalized with moderate injuries. The attack occurred amid heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank.